Johnny Oleksinski has been The New York Post’s entertainment critic, its leading voice on movies and theater, since 2018. He began at The Post as an entertainment reporter in 2015. Before moving to New York, he was a theater writer/editor at the Chicago Tribune and was chief theater critic of Newcity Chicago.  He is a voting member of the New York Drama Critics Circle.  Mr. Oleksinski majored in theater at Illinois State University.  He lives in the East Village, and can be heard every on 710~WOR Radio.

Inna Vernikov is a Ukrainian-born American lawyer and politician, serving as the minority whip of the New York City Council, where she proudly represents the 48th District.  Ms. Vernikov is one of six Republicans on the council, who flipped a seat that has been traditionally Democratic for more than one hundred years.
Prior to running for office, Councilwoman Vernikov was the proud owner of an immigration and matrimonial law practice, where she zealously and successfully represented hundreds of clients. 
In 2021, seeing the chaos at both local and national levels, she ran for office to bring about change. Focusing her attention on rising crime, unreasonable mandates, and the recent migrant crisis, Councilwoman Vernikov plays an important role in bringing common sense into city government. Since entering her current role, Councilwoman Vernikov has become a leading voice against Antisemitism; making waves by bringing stories of antisemitic assaults to the national and international stage, assuring victims of antisemitic hate crimes face consequences, defunding CUNY school of law, and exposing CUNY’s antisemitism by holding an unprecedented hearing in the council. 

Rich DeMuro hosts the nationally syndicated "Rich on Tech" radio show on 350+ stations, including 710~WOR in New York City.  On the show, he discusses consumer technology news and answers questions.  Rich covers major tech events and received a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for his coverage of technology-related social issues.  He has appeared on numerous national TV shows and networks, prior Rich was a senior editor at CNET and a reporter at Channel One News and local TV stations.  Originally from New Jersey, he graduated from USC with a degree in broadcast journalism, and has over 1 million combined followers on social media @richontech.  Now Rich can heard Sunday evenings 8PM and his weekly segment with Mendte in the Mornings on 710~WOR.

Sliwa describes himself as a Republican candidate ''running for mayor of New York City to finally end the disastrous reign of de Blasio-Cuomo''.  In the late 1970s, he founded the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit volunteer organization that began its anti-crime activities by patrolling the subways.  Today, the group has chapters in 13 countries and over 100 cities, according to its website.  Safety and refunding the police are central to  the campaign of Sliwa, a radio host who still wears the Angels’ trademark red beret.  He proposes adding 4,500 uniformed and 500 undercover officers to patrol the subways.  He also calls for restoring "all budget cuts" to the NYPD  and giving the department more money to combat gun violence.  Sliwa is part of the Republican wing that does not support former President Donald Trump.  In the first debate of the GOP candidates, he said he had never voted for Trump.  The 67-year-old current Manhattan resident got involved in community work at an early age. At 14, he became known as a "neighborhood garbage collector" when he opened a recycling center in Brooklyn.
Website: sliwaforny.com

Bret Baier currently serves as FOX News Channel’s (FNC) anchor and executive editor of Special Report with Bret Baier, and is chief political anchor of the network and co-anchor of the network’s election coverage.  Based in Washington, D.C., Baier joined the network in 1998 as the first reporter in the Atlanta bureau. He was recently described as ''the most influential news anchor in America right now'' at the 2025 Semafor Trust in News Summit. 

J.C. Polanco is an attorney, a proud member of the Department of Ethnic and Race Studies, and is celebrating his 23rd year in education.  Polanco has taught Latino Studies, History, Economics, and Business Law at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University.  While serving the students here at BMCC, Polanco served as an executive for the NYS legislature for two decades and is a former Bronx Commissioner and President of the NYC Board of Elections.  Today, Polanco also serves as President & CEO of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc., the country’s most influential law school pipeline.  J.C. is a Bronx kid all the way; not only was he a New York Yankee batboy for the 1994 and 1995 seasons, and he’s dedicated his career to the people of the Bronx.  After growing up in the Fordham section of the Bronx and attending Fordham Prep, Polanco left briefly to study politics and history at the University at Albany.  J.C. quickly returned to the Bronx and became a Social Studies teacher at Truman High School in Co-op City. While teaching at Truman and Boricua College, J.C. attended Fordham Law School and the Fordham Graduate School of Business as a night student to complete a law degree and MBA.  J.C. has served as a policy commentator for MetroFocus on PBS, Tiempo De Debate on Univision 41, and NY1 Inside City Hall, Consultant’s Corner.  Polanco has also appeared on NY1 Pura Politica, NPR’s the Brian Lehrer Show, Fox News, CNN, and many other critical media outlets to discuss politics, election law, and administration.  In 2017, J.C. became the first American of Dominican descent to run for citywide office in New York City on a major party ticket.

John Sykes is an American entertainment industry executive.  He is the president of entertainment enterprises at iHeartMedia and the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.  A co-founder of MTV, Sykes was previously president, VH1; president, Chrysalis Records, North America; and chairman and CEO, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation.  Sykes was raised in Schenectady, New York, the son of a retail executive and a college professor.  He attended the at Syracuse University, where his college roommates were Phil Quartararo and talent agent Rob Light.  He received a BS in Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1977, and upon graduation, was hired by Columbia Records.

Former County Executive Rob Astorino was elected in November 2009 after running a successful campaign to streamline county government and bring tax relief to homeowners and businesses.  His message resonated with voters across Westchester as he was elected with 58 percent of the vote.  He was re-elected to office for a second term in November 2013.  Mr. Astorino was first elected to public office at age 21, serving as a member of the Mount Pleasant Board of Education.  During his tenure, he also served as the board’s vice president.  He went on to serve for 12 years as a councilman on the Mount Pleasant Town Board, including six years as deputy supervisor.  In 2003, he was elected to the Westchester County Board of Legislators.  Before taking office as County Executive on Jan. 1, 2010, Mr. Astorino had a long career in the radio industry.  He was the station manager and program director of The Catholic Channel on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio and hosted a weekly radio show from St. Patrick’s Cathedral with the archbishop of New York.  In 2001, he helped launch ESPN Radio in New York.  He became the station’s senior producer, and was executive producer of ''The Michael Kay Show''.  He has also held a wide range of volunteer and civic positions.  He has served on the Westchester Business Council’s Government Action Committee, the Mount Pleasant Rotary, the North Castle Land Trust, and the Hudson Valley Greenway.  He also served two terms as vice chairman of the Westchester County Board of Ethics.  Mr. Astorino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications at Fordham University, where he also minored in Spanish and Political Science.  In 2001, he studied in Barcelona, Spain, and received a Spanish Immersion Diploma from the Enforex School of International Studies.

Rob Simmelkjaer became Chief Executive Officer of NYRR in December 2022.  Rob is a runner and two-time New York City Marathon finisher, a native New Yorker, an experienced sports business executive, and a government official, with a record of leadership and performance across a range of sports and media organizations.  During his nine-year tenure at ESPN, he served in positions of increasing responsibility and impact as Vice President of International Development, Vice President and Assistant to the President, and Director of NBA Programming.  In 2011, he was named Senior Vice President of NBC Sports Ventures, where he led new business development and created and oversaw a number of NBC Sports properties.  In addition to his executive roles, Rob has served as an on-air contributor for ABC News, ESPN, NBC Sports, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, and the Tennis Channel.  He anchored MSNBC’s coverage of the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.  Most recently, he founded Persona Media Inc., a social media platform and video production service.  In 2020, Rob was appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to serve in a volunteer role as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Lottery.  The NAACP named him one of Connecticut’s ''100 Most Influential'' African-Americans in 2021.  Mr. Simmelkjaer is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, and he practiced law in New York City at Weil, Gotshal and Manges, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore.  

Then a 23-year old law student looking to make a difference in his home state, Matt Rooney launched The Save Jersey Blog in August 2008 without any fanfare, a $0 budget and a homemade Facebook group page.  He began to write about both trending and under-the-radar topics in New Jersey politics. Matt recognized a critical need for an independent, pro-taxpayer voice in the New Jersey media and sought to meet it.  Over the next few years, Mr. Rooney’s one-man blogging operation quickly blossomed into the primary online gathering place for New Jersey’s long-beleaguered conservative movement with tens of thousands of weekly visitors (and some very vocal detractors, too) and well over a million unique visitors annually.  Save Jersey has been cited or credited hundreds of times over the years by news outlets from local and regional publications. 

Ted Metellus became NYRR’s Chief Event Production Officer and Race Director in November 2024; previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Events and Race Director of the TCS New York City Marathon in May 2022.  Mr. Metellus leads NYRR's event management and logistics, experiential events, youth events teams, event safety and security, and oversees warehouse operations. 
Ted has more than 20 years of experience in public, marketing, charity event production and the endurance sports industry.  He has worked with industry leaders such as Pallotta TeamsWorks, NYRR, Eventage, the Miami Marathon, the Philadelphia Triathlon, Lifetime Triathlons, the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series, and IRONMAN, to name a few.  He loves of creating an enjoyable and safe guest experience translates to every aspect of his work at NYRR.
Mr. Metellus was the 2016 National Center for Spectator Sport Safety and Security (NCS4) Professional of the Year; the award is given annually to an individual who demonstrates outstanding leadership in addressing safety/security issues.

Joe Neumaier, 710~WOR's Movie Minute host, former film critic also film editor at the New York Daily News, has been a journalist and critic in New York for over 20 years.  His writing on movies and Hollywood has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, the New York Post, the London Observer, the Washington Post, USA Today Weekend, Hamptons magazine and the Financial Times.com, among others.  He"s appeared on MSNBC, Channel 2"s Sunday Morning, Fox 5"s Good Day New York, WPIX-11, CNN, VH1, CNBC, A&E Biography and Access Hollywood.  When on deadline, he watches an average of 6 to 8 movies a week. His list of favorite films include "The Godfather," "The Apartment," "Citizen Kane," "McCabe & Mrs. Miller," "All That Jazz," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," "Goodfellas," "Toy Story 3," "North by Northwest" and "Duck Soup".

Jon Crowley, Executive Director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Televison Commission(NJMPTVC), where he leads the state's film initiatives and oversee its film sector development.  With over twenty years of experience in the television industry, Crowley has produced and directed numerous popular series, earning two Emmy awards and a CableACE Writing nomination.  NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan expressed enthusiasm for Crowley's leadership in attracting film productions to New Jersey, while NJMPTVC Chairman Michael Uslan highlighted his valuable experience in promoting the state as a filming destination.  Crowley has also served on the Atlantic Highlands Borough Council since 2017 and worked to certify the municipality as ''Film Ready''.

Sliwa describes himself as a Republican candidate ''running for mayor of New York City to finally end the disastrous reign of de Blasio-Cuomo''.  In the late 1970s, he founded the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit volunteer organization that began its anti-crime activities by patrolling the subways.  Today, the group has chapters in 13 countries and over 100 cities, according to its website.  Safety and refunding the police are central to  the campaign of Sliwa, a radio host who still wears the Angels’ trademark red beret.  He proposes adding 4,500 uniformed and 500 undercover officers to patrol the subways.  He also calls for restoring "all budget cuts" to the NYPD  and giving the department more money to combat gun violence.  Sliwa is part of the Republican wing that does not support former President Donald Trump.  In the first debate of the GOP candidates, he said he had never voted for Trump.  The 67-year-old current Manhattan resident got involved in community work at an early age. At 14, he became known as a "neighborhood garbage collector" when he opened a recycling center in Brooklyn.
Website: sliwaforny.com